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Living out a Family-Career Balance (Scholar’s Compass)

March 17, 2015 by Daniel Roeber Leave a Comment

Faithful Is Successful Series: Daniel Roeber reflects on family and career in response to Matthew Cabeen. Our careers and our families are both goods God has given to us that enrich our lives and can bring Him glory. Both are secondary to our relationship with God through Jesus Christ, without whose abundant and undeserved grace we can literally do nothing (not even exist). Neither career nor family is sufficient to fulfill the full range of our human needs. Without work, we cannot provide the basic needs that make … [Read more...] about Living out a Family-Career Balance (Scholar’s Compass)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: career, Faithful is Successful, family, Scholar's Compass

Returning to Graduate School – Thoughts by Michael Stell (2)

December 2, 2013 by Michael J. Stell, MATS Leave a Comment

Part Two - Being a Graduate Student When I entered grad school, I entered with a sense of purpose that was in my mind akin to the idea that the Puritans had of vocation or calling. Attending a Catholic university, I realize that many use the word vocation in strictly religious ways, but the Puritans viewed all of life as religious, and so all of life should be understood as vocation. I had been involved in the vocation of teaching, but not at the place where I felt I was fulfilling my true calling. I was going to … [Read more...] about Returning to Graduate School – Thoughts by Michael Stell (2)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Transitions Tagged With: academic vocations, commuter student, family, father, graduate school, mark noll, married student, Mentoring, mentors, phd, returning student, Returning to Graduate School, Returning to Graduate School – Thoughts by Michael Stell, Seminary, student, student government, theologian, theology, time management, university, vocation

The Incarnational Stream & Higher Education: Family

May 19, 2011 by Tom Grosh IV 2 Comments

Introduction Have you considered the influence of your family history (or how you frame your family history) on your vocation and daily life? In Personal Foundations in Ministry, one of my assignments will be to complete a genogram. Have you completed a genogram? If so, what does it reveal? If not, what do you think it might reveal? When preparing a class presentation on the The Incarnational Stream/Tradition, I could not resist delving into my family's Moravian roots1 and drawing connections with my present … [Read more...] about The Incarnational Stream & Higher Education: Family

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Evangelical Theological Seminary, family, family history, genogram, Incarnational Stream, Incarnational Tradition, Jars of Clay, John Wesley, Moravian, Redemption Songs, Richard Foster, spiritual formation, vocation, Zinzendorf

Chasing Wisdom with Nathan Foster part II

June 9, 2010 by Tom Grosh IV 2 Comments

Last week I began a Chasing Wisdom series based up my Skype interview with Nathan Foster, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI.   In the first post, I focused upon how a private person, such as Nathan, wrote such an open book about his life, struggles, family, and vocation. Today, we'll explore becoming a wisdom chaser in higher education discerning the call to higher education being present to one's family Next week we'll consider power in the classroom … [Read more...] about Chasing Wisdom with Nathan Foster part II

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy, Interview, Public Intellectuals Tagged With: Call, children, Faculty, family, interviews, Nathan Foster, parents, professor, professoritis, Richard Foster, social work, Wisdom Chaser

Thanksgiving preparations

November 25, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Yesterday, a physician challenged the  Christian Medical Society  (CMS)/CMDA  at Penn State College of Medicine  to intentionally engage family during the selfish time of Medical School. Although not currently a full time student, I too can become easily entangled in and distracted by perfecting must finish tasks, thereby taking away quality and quantity time with family and friends.   Father forgive me. … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving preparations

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Quotes Tagged With: family, John Donne, Lancelot Andrewes, Thanksgiving, time, time management, year end

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